Poland ranks 30th in Social Progress Index

Consultancy Deloitte has announced the 2016 edition of its Social Progress Index, which measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. The report includes 133 countries (plus an additional 27 with results for 9-11  out of the total 12 components) covering 99 percent of the world’s population. Overall, if the world were a country, the average level of social progress would be 62.88 points. Meanwhile, Poland ranks 30th in the second tier (High Social Progress) scoring 79.76 points, in comparison with 27th spot (77.98 points) in the last year's edition of the Social Progress Index. Among Poland's neighboring countries, Germany and the Czech Republic are ranked higher - at 15th and 22nd place respectively. Slovakia, as well as Lithuania, placed in the second tier, while Ukraine, Belarus and Russia are in the fourth tier of states with lower middle social progress.